Improvement in shifting-rails for wagon-seats



\ )AMES L. REED',

Improvement` inSh-ifting Baril f'nr Wagon Seats.

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QIAMES. L. REED, OF HAS'IINGS, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHlFTlNG-RAILS FOR WAGON-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,408, dated September 26, 1871.

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My invention relates to certain improvements in shifting-rails for top-wagons and buggies and consists in the novel mode of constructing and adjusting the same'hereinafter described, the object being to obtain a shifting-rail that can be more readily and securely adjusted and more easily removed than those in use.

I prefer using my rail in connection with Graves patent iron seat; but it can be applied readilyto any other seat, whether of wood or iron, having either round or square corners, and provided with a dat rim or the ordinary lower rail.

In the drawing, A is the seat, and a the seatrim, perforated near its front edges to receive the catch-posts of the shifting-rail, as hereinafter described. B, the shifting-rail, carries the backD and supporting-rods and the devices for supporting and operating the top. Upon the rear portion of rail B hooks h l@ h are formed, the forward parts of which are squared and rest upon rim a, while their backs are extended into the rform of hooks, which hook under rim a, las shown in Figs. l and 3. Midway of each side portion of rail B is formed a post, p, which rests upon the rim and aids in supporting the rail; and at or near each end of said rail, forming a `part thereof is a catch-post, G, the pointed notched ends of2 which enter into the perforations in rim a, before referred to, and by means of said notches, aided by a spring, s, catch in rim a and hold the rail securely in place. Springs s, shown fully in the detail drawing of Fig. 2, are about six inches in length, straight, and bolted to the under side of rim a in such wise that when catch- Aposts G U are in position in rim al they spring be` hind them and lock them in their places. They project forward from the rim so as to be accessible to the hand. RailB of itself forms a spring. It is so bent with relation to the seat-rim that, When placed in position and catch-posts C C are pressed into place, its elasticity forces the notches in lplace and allows the springs s s to lock them.

To place my rail in position I hook the hooks h h h over the back of rim a, pull the rail forward, press the posts. C C down in position, and it is firmly secured.

I claim as my inventionl. The rail '13, provided with hooks h h, posts p p, and catch-posts C C, constructed substantially as described.

2. The rail B provided with hooks h, posts p, and catch-posts C G, in combination with seat A provided with a rail or rim, a, perforated at its forward ends, and having springs s s, constructed substantially in the manner set forth.

Witnesses: JAMES L. REED.

GEO. M. DEWEY, I. W. HOUGHTALIN. (22) 

